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Photo, Print, Drawing Garden and Brown, Silk and Fur Hat Manufactory. 196 Market Street, Philadelphia.

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Title

  • Garden and Brown, Silk and Fur Hat Manufactory. 196 Market Street, Philadelphia.

Summary

  • This advertising print from 1847 shows the hats and caps manufactory established by Christopher H. Garden & Brown located at 196 (later 532) Market Street, Philadelphia. On the ground floor is a retail shop selling "hats, caps, furs & trimmings." The storefront is covered with signage and adorned with a large model hat marked with the street number "196." A patron enters one of the two open entryways of the business that are flanked by display cases of hats marked "Hats & Caps." Garden established his hat manufactory in 1843 and partnered with William Brown circa 1846-50. The print is by William H. Rease, the most prolific lithographer of advertising prints in Philadelphia during the 1840s and 1850s. Born in Pennsylvania circa 1818, Rease became active in his trade around 1844. Through the 1850s he mainly worked with printers Frederick Kuhl and Wagner & McGuigan in the production of advertising prints known for their portrayals of human details. Although Rease often collaborated with other lithographers, a listing in O'Brien's Business Directory indicates that by 1850 he had founded his own establishment at 17 South Fifth Street, north of Chestnut Street. After a partnership with Francis Schell that lasted from about 1853 to 1855, in 1855 he relocated his shop to the northeast corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets, where, in addition to advertising prints, he produced certificates, views, maps, and maritime prints.

Names

  • Rease, William H., circa 1818-1893 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, 1847-08.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1847-08
  • -  Advertising
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Clerks
  • -  Hat industry
  • -  Hat trade
  • -  Hats
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Merchants
  • -  Storefronts
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 291"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 29 x 21 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Philadelphia on Stone

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670271

Online Format

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. Garden and Brown, Silk and Fur Hat Manufactory. 196 Market Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1847. Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, -08. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670271/.

APA citation style:

Rease, W. H. (1847) Garden and Brown, Silk and Fur Hat Manufactory. 196 Market Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1847. Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, -08. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670271/.

MLA citation style:

Rease, William H., Circa Artist. Garden and Brown, Silk and Fur Hat Manufactory. 196 Market Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, -08. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670271/>.